Me, well, I'm not running (at least for this week) due to having an awful tummy bug that has rendered me totally incapacitated and on first name terms with the toilet.

Mum came around to check on me yesterday and whilst opening the door to her, I fainted and fell against the wall and radiator causing me to get concussion (plus a nice black eye from the radiator valve). Mum and Dad took me to their house so they could place me under 'observation'.

I'm home now, but the stomach is churning and I'm hoping I don't see the small amount of pasta (first solid food in 2 days) reappear later tonight.

Sound pretty nasty FL, seems a good job your mum turned up when she did! Hope you feel much better soon.

Recovery wishes to all of your injured or ill!

Lizzy, great pics. You live in a beautiful place!

15 miles done tonight. The first half was fine, just a nice easy pace, but the second half I suffered a bit. I had a blood blister from Sunday's race and it's in an area below the big toe so could feel every footfall even with a Compeed plaster. I blame the 'Paula socks' I wore rather than my shoes as I've worn these make of shoes lots.

What: About 2.5 miles of running and a bit of walking.Why: Legs a bit leaden after yesterday. And the clear hour I thought I'd have for running didn't happen because my 8-year-old's karate class was cancelled so I had to fit things around it.Last hard: Yesterday. Last rest: Monday.

That sounds REALLY nasty, and anything lasting more than 24 hours usually means that your body's defence mechanisms need outside assistance. ie It's time for the quack. (Not that they want to catch it).

Healing vibes and frozen peas to all on the bench.

Hot chilli sauce to those suffering CBA.

Respect to those banging out the miles or the quality (or both).

Yesterday was rest day - not fully planned, but probably not a bad idea.

6.5 miles today, achy shins from the last couple of sessions. 7:30 m/m. Funny thing, I set off feeling bouncy, but rapidly died. I don't know why I wasn't slower, in fact I'm happy to have got round at that pace.

Last hard: Monday at the track, which followed Friday's 21 miler.blaablaaa....

Very good run tonight - did 12 miles at bang on marathon pace, average of 6:49. Apart from a slightly too fast first mile, the miles were between 6:42 and 6:59 pace. Slightly more variable than I would like, but not going to worry about that.

...legs felt pretty tired for tonight's session, so just ran the first few reps fairly easily with the group, then picked the pace up for the last few. Finally got round to measuring '400m' reps...around 420m.

The 'odd' reps are slightly uphill, with the 'even' reps slightly downhill.

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